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<taxonomicName LSID="719D0488-5A1E-57D3-A25F-DBDB30A9D48C" authority="(Wright &amp; Studer, 1889)" baseAuthorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" baseAuthorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Chrysogorgiidae" genus="Metallogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metallogorgia melanotrichos" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="melanotrichos">Metallogorgia melanotrichos (Wright &amp; Studer, 1889)</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. External morphology and polyps of Metallogorgia melanotrichos MBM 286485 A the colony in situ. Laser dots spaced at 33 cm used for scale B the colony after collection C a branch under a light microscope D, E a single polyp under a light microscope F, G a single polyp under SEM H head of one polyp under SEM. Scale bars: 20 cm (B), 2 mm (C), and 1 mm (E-H)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.989.53104.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/473214" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 7</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Sclerites of Metallogorgia melanotrichos MBM 286485 A rods in tentacles B rods and scales in the polyp-body wall C scales in coenenchyme. Scale bar: 200 μm (all images at the same scale)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.989.53104.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/473215" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 8</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. External morphology and polyps of Metallogorgia melanotrichos MBM 286486 A the colony in situ. Laser dots spaced at 33 cm used for scale B, C the colony after collection D a branch under a light microscope E, F a single polyp under a light microscope G three polyps under SEM H head of one polyp under SEM I coenenchyme under SEM. Scale bars: 10 cm (B, C), 2 mm (D) and 500 μm (E-I; H, I at the same scale)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.989.53104.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/473216" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 9</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Sclerites of Metallogorgia melanotrichos MBM 286486 A rods in tentacles B rods and scales in the polyp-body wall C scales in coenenchyme. Scale bar: 300 μm (all images at the same scale)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.989.53104.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/473217" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 10</figureCitation>
; 
<figureCitation captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. The morphological measuring data of the specimens of Metallogorgia. &quot; - &quot; means nonexistent or meaningless data." pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Tables 2</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation captionStart="Table 3" captionStartId="T3" captionText="Table 3. The comparisons of the species (adults) in the genus Metallogorgia Versluys, 1902 and Pseudochrysogorgia bellona Pante &amp; France, 2010." pageId="0" pageNumber="1">3</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" authorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Chrysogorgiidae" genus="Dasygorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dasygorgia melanotrichos" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="melanotrichos">Dasygorgia melanotrichos</taxonomicName>
Wright &amp; Studer, 1889: 15, pl. IV, fig. 3, pl. V, fig. 5.
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: Versluys, 1902: 87.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" baseAuthorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Chrysogorgiidae" genus="Metallogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metallogorgia melanotrichos" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="melanotrichos">Metallogorgia melanotrichos</taxonomicName>
: Nutting, 1908: 593-594, pl. LI, fig. 5.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" baseAuthorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Chrysogorgiidae" genus="Metallogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metallogorgia melanotrichos" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="melanotrichos">Metallogorgia melanotrichos</taxonomicName>
: 
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, 1919: 503.
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Wright &amp; Studer" baseAuthorityYear="1889" class="Anthozoa" family="Chrysogorgiidae" genus="Metallogorgia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Metallogorgia melanotrichos" order="Alcyonacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Cnidaria" rank="species" species="melanotrichos">Metallogorgia melanotrichos</taxonomicName>
: Pasternak, 1981: 51.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 778 m depth (
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).
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MBM286485, station FX-Dive 222 (
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, 
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), depth 1839 m, 10 June 2019; MBM286486, station FX-Dive 227 (
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, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="140" direction="east" minutes="05.62" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="140.09367">140°05.62'E</geoCoordinate>
), depth 1706 m, 15 June 2019. They were collected from two seamounts (tentatively named as M5 and M8, respectively) located on the Caroline Ridge in the West Pacific Ocean.
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(extended on the basis of 
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; 
<bibRefCitation author="Kuekenthal, W" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Biology and Evolution" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B18" refString="Kuekenthal, W, 1919. Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee- Expedition auf dem Dampfer&quot;Valdivia&quot;1891-1899 13(2): 1-946." title="Gorgonaria. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee- Expedition auf dem Dampfer &quot; Valdivia &quot; 1891 - 1899 13 (2): 1 - 946." year="1919">
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1919
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; 
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08113" author="Mosher, CV" journalOrPublisher="Marine Ecology Progress Series" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="81 - 88" refId="B20" refString="Mosher, CV, Watling, L, 2009. Partners for life: a brittle star and its octocoral host. Marine Ecology Progress Series 397: 81 - 88, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08113" title="Partners for life: a brittle star and its octocoral host." url="https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08113" volume="397" year="2009">Mosher and Watling 2009</bibRefCitation>
).
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In adults, main stem monopodial with a few large branches occurring on the distal end. Branching angle between these large branches usually obtuse. In each large branch, strong branchlets subdivided dichotomously and forming a sympodium pattern. In juveniles, main stem monopodial and gracile with branches producing on the lateral of the trunk randomly and subdivided dichotomously in multiple planes. Polyps conical or cylindrical, absent on the stem of adults but present in juveniles. Sclerites elongated and often crossed, arranged densely in polyps and relatively sparsely in coenenchyme. Rods longitudinally arranged in tentacles, covered with sparse fine warts. Rods longitudinally arranged on upper part of polyp body, and scales partially crosswise or transversely arranged on bottom, with nearly smooth surface. Scales transversely arranged in coenenchyme, usually with rounded ends and occasionally irregular edges. Nematozooids absent.
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For morphological measurements, see Table 
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.
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The morphological measuring data of the specimens of 
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">MBM286485</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">MBM286486</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">MBM286484</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">MBM286487</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">MBM286488</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">MBM286489</th>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. melanotrichos</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. melanotrichos" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="melanotrichos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. melanotrichos</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. macrospina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="macrospina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. macrospina</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. macrospina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="macrospina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. macrospina</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. macrospina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="macrospina">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. macrospina</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. macrospina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="macrospina">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Colony height (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">76</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">35</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">56</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">51</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">69</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">48</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Basal stem width (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Branching part height (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">7</td>
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<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Branching part width (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">26</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">20</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">14</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Branch maximal length (cm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Branches</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">22</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">6</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Interbranch distance (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9-25</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">6-13</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">13-18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5-18</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Internode length (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">4-12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3-11</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3-7</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3-8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3-10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3-11</td>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">First internode length (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">13-24</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">12-18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">3-8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5-8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">6-8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">6-11</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Polyp height (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.0-2.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.0-4.0, most 2.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.0-2.5, most 1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">average 1.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.0-1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.0-1.5</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Polyps in internode</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1, rarely 2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1, rarely 2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1, rarely 2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1, rarely 2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1, rarely 2</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1, rarely 2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Polyps in terminal branchlets</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Inter-polyp distance (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-6</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-4</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">2-5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-3</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0-5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">0-4</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Sclerites measured in tentacles (μm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
129-433 
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17-55
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
125-467 
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21-125
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
96-450 
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10-85
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
44-542 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
6-117
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
120-492 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
12-98
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
115-460 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
14-78
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Sclerites measured in body wall (μm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
172-571 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
14-93
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
128-429 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
25-125
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
96-450 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
10-85
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
44-542 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
6-117
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
137-473 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
17-93
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
57-417 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
11-66
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Sclerites measured in coenenchyme (μm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
96-378 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
18-66
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
148-379 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
31-113
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
112-456 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
10-62
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
175-394 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
17-75
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
78-328 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
11-51
</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
70-372 
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
14-50
</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Figures</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">7, 8</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9, 10</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">11, 12</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">13, 14</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">15, 16</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">17, 18</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Central Indo-Pacific Ocean (
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; 
<bibRefCitation author="Versluys, J" journalOrPublisher="Siboga-Expeditie" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 120" refId="B31" refString="Versluys, J, 1902. Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition I. Die Chrysogorgiidae. Siboga-Expeditie 13: 1 - 120" title="Die Gorgoniden der Siboga-Expedition I. Die Chrysogorgiidae." volume="13" year="1902">Versluys 1902</bibRefCitation>
), Western and Central Pacific (
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; 
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; present study), Atlantic Ocean, 183-2265 m depth (
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1919
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; 
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; 
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metallogorgia melanotrichos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Wright &amp; Studer, 1889) is characterized by its completely monopodial stem, with the branches in adults occurring on the distal end, and scales in both body wall and coenenchyme (Table 
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). Furthermore, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. melanotrichos</emphasis>
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has a much more extensive distribution than its congeners, while other species have a relatively limited distribution. Our specimens match well with the original description in the sclerites, but possess a relatively larger polyp (most 2 mm, up to 4 mm vs. 1.75 mm), and longer scales in coenenchyme (up to 379 
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vs. 225 
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) (
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, Table 
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). The branches of the specimen MBM286486 on one side is irregular and tend to form a fake spiral with branches subdivided dichotomously in multiple planes, while it is regular and forms a planar layer that nearly perpendicular to the trunk in the specimen MBM286485.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Table 3.</emphasis>
The comparisons of the species (adults) in the genus 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metallogorgia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Versluys, 1902 and 
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</taxonomicName>
Pante &amp; France, 2010.
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<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. macrospina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="macrospina">
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</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. melanotrichos" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="melanotrichos">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. melanotrichos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. splendens" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="splendens">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. splendens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
*
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. tenuis" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="tenuis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">M. tenuis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName lsidName="P. bellona" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="bellona">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">P. bellona</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Branching part</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">sympodial</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">monopodial</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">sympodial*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">monopodial</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Branchlets forming a sympodium</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">yes</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">yes</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">No*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">No</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Interbranch distance (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">5-18</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">-</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">10-18*</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">9.9-17.2</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Polyp height (mm)</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1-1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.5-2.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.5</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.5-2.0</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">1.0-3.3</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Sclerites in tentacles</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">plates</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">spindles</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Sclerites in body wall</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods and scales</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods and spindles</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods and scales</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Sclerites with its shapes in coenenchyme</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods and scales elongated with slightly serrated edges and coarse surface</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">scales elongated with relatively smooth edges and surface</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">rods small, flattened, often with serrated edges and smooth surface</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">scales small, elongated, often with irregular shape and serrated edges.</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">scales and plates with many ornamentation</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Dendritic holdfast</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">unknown</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">no</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">yes</td>
</tr>
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">Reference</td>
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
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<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rowspan="1">
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